GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
| clamor | noisy shouting |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |